Ziziphus hamur Engl.

Shrubs l–2(–3) m. tall, armed; bark apparently dark greyish.. Branchlets zig-zag, often arcuate-recurved, puberulent.. Leaves often fascicled at the nodes; blades oblong, 8–15(–20) mm. long, 5–7(–13) mm. wide, shortly but densely pilosulous all over, at base rounded to broadly cuneate, acute to rounded, minutely serrulate to nearly entire, grey-green; petioles 1–3 mm. long.. Cymes much reduced, fascicle-like or glomeruliform, ± 5 mm. long and thick, 2–4-flowered; peduncles essentially absent; pedicels 2–3.5 mm. long in flower, 6–7 mm. in fruit, pilosulous.. Sepals pilosulous dorsally, 1–1.2 mm. long.. Petals ± 1 mm. long, white.. Drupe globose, 7–10 mm. thick, black at maturity.. Fig. 8/2, p. 25.

It is a tropical plant. It often grows over limestone material. It grows in sandy and dry soils. It can grow in salty or alkaline soils. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 100-150 mm. It grows between 350-730 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.

The fruit are eaten as a dessert fruit.